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Former student Jessica Cody was found guilty Friday for stabbing two college students in a Water Street bar last September.

The jury reached a verdict this afternoon after about four hours of deliberation.,”Today former Marquette student Jessica Cody was convicted of two counts of second degree recklessly endangering safety for stabbing two college students in an off-campus bar last September.

The jury reached a verdict this afternoon after about four hours of deliberation. The trial lasted [...]

A jury is expected to reach a verdict Thursday afternoon or Friday morning in the trail of former Marquette student Jessica Cody who allegedly stabbed two people in a Water Street bar last September.

A heated debate about Milwaukee's proposed sick leave ordinance took place at Mike Gousha's "On the Issues" Tuesday. A Milwaukee County circuit judge granted a temporary injunction against the ordinance, which was set to go into effect Tuesday.

An area high school student was charged with 12 felony counts last Wednesday, including sexual assault and bomb scares.

BYU published a research study Jan. 23 finding a correlation between video game use and poor relationships and risky behavior. The method consisted of questionnaires from 813 undergraduate students from six colleges across the country.

In Tuesday's Jan. 27 edition in the article entitled "Pauly says university okay despite economy," quoted University Provost John Pauly saying last year at this time the university had an endowment of $64 million. Pauly was referring to a Dec. 2008 report which states that new gifts to the endowment last year totaled about $64 million, and that contributions to Marquette today (the annual fund) totaled about $5.,”In the article "Pauly says university okay despite economy" from Tuesday's edition, Provost John Pauly was incorrectly quoted as saying the total amount of the university's endowment at this time last year was $64 million. Pauly was referring to a Dec. 31, 2008 university report that states that new gifts to the endowment last year totaled about $64 million. Contributions to Marquette Today, the annual fund, totaled about $5.9 million. The university's endowment was $357,300,000 in 2008, according to a survey released Tuesday by the National Association of Colleges and University Business Officers. That represents a 0.8 percent drop from 2007. The Tribune regrets the error.”

Health officials and TV commercials warn about the dangers of secondhand smoke, but the Smoke Free Milwaukee Project of Black Health Coalition of Wisconsin brought new light to the issue by releasing a study last Thursday reporting hazardous indoor air quality in Milwaukee bars and restaurants.

Marquette ended its partnership with MPC Computers when the company started having financial problems in 2008. Frustrated students who purchased the laptops now have no way of getting them fixed. The laptops have various problems, the most common being motherboard replacement.